Cable-guide.



Patented Apr. 7, 191 i 2 SHEETFr-SHBBT 1.

WITNESSES ATTORNEYS COLUMIIA FLANOQIAPM Cm. "ASHINGTON, D-

H. HOLMES.

CABLE GUIDE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 11, 1913.

Patented Apr. 7, 1914.

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WITNESSES INVENTOI? 1555 ffozmza By ATTORNEYS HARRY HOLMES, OF NOYO, CALIFORNIA.

CABLE-GUIDE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. '7, 1914.

Application filed June 11, 1913. Serial No. 773,026.

citizen of the United States, and a resident of Noyo, in the county of Mendocino and State of California, have invented a new and Improved Cable-Guide, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention has for its object to provide a cable guide inexpensive to manufacture and having a free movement for directing the cable as may be desired and under all conditions.

It comprises a base with a support on which two arms are mounted to rotate, these arms being spaced apart with a frame disposed therebetween, which is secured to the support. On this frame there are two companion guide rollers mounted to rotate on vertical axes, and two additional companion guide rollers mounted to rotate on horizontal axes. A cable is led between the last mentioned guide rollers, and then between the first-mentioned guide rollers, from which the cable extends between the two companion guide rollers secured for rotating on horizontal axes on a frame which disposed between the arms and which is pivoted thereto on a vertical axis.

Additional objects of the invention will appear in the following complete specification, in which the preferred form of the in vention is disclosed.

In the drawings similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, in which-- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the inven tion; Fig, 2 is a plan view of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the invention; Fig. 1 is a sectional view on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2; and Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view of the frame pivoted to the arms.

By referring to the drawings it will be seen that a base 5 is provided, on which is disposed the support 6 having an open frame 7, and a stud 8 projecting thereabove. At the rear of the open frame 7 there are two guide rollers 9 having studs 10, which are disposed against bearing parts 9 of the open frame 7, and which are held in this position by bearing member 'll, which are secured by the bolts 12, these guide rollers 9 being adapted to rotate on horizontal axes as shown in the drawings.

In front of the guide rollers 9 there are companion guide rollers 13, having secured to them vertical studs 14 which are disposed against bearing parts 15 of the open frame 7, and which are held. in this position by bearing members 16 these bearing members 16 being secured to the open frame by the bolts 17. It will be seen that the cable 18 will pass from the rear between the guide rollers 9, disposed for rotating on horizontal axes, and then between the guide rollers 13 disposed for rotating on vertical axes, the cable 18 then ext-ending between the com panion guide rollers 19, which have secured to them studs 20, mounted for rotating in the bearings 21 in the frame 22, this frame 22 having bearing parts 23, which are embraced by the straps 24: and 25 on the arms 26 and 27 respectively. The strap 25 engages the bearing parts 23 above the companion guide rollers 19, and the strap 24: engages the bearing parts 23 below the said guide rollers 19. The straps 25 are carried by the arm 27, which has additional straps 28, disposed around the stud 8, the straps 24 being carried by the arm 26, which has additional straps 29, disposed around the support 6. It will therefore be seen that not only is it possible for the arms 26 and 27 to rotate relatively to the support 6 and frame 7, which carries the guide rollers 9 and 13, but it is also possible for the frame 22 to rotate relatively to the said arms 26 and 27.

The cable passing from between the guide rollers 13 may extend around one of the guide rollers 13, until it is in position to pass between the guide rollers 19. The cable will therefore be guided by the guide rollers 13 to the uide rollers 19, whether the arms 26 and 27 extend straight out from the frame 7 so that the cable 18 will be led in a straight path from the guide rollers 9 and 13, to the guide rollers 19, or whether the arms 26 and 27 are turned relatively to the frame 7 and the stud 8, so that the cable 18 will pass around one of the guide rollers 13 either to the right or to the left, and then between the guide rollers 19.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

In a cable guide, an open frame having sides, each wit-h a horizontally extending opening, a support at the bottom of the open frame and serving as a bearing, a stud projecting upward from the open frame, guide rollers disposed in the openings and having vertical studs, bearing members for pressing the vertical studs against bearing surfaces of the open frame, two rollers, one disposed above the other in the opening at the rear of the open frame, studs on the last mentioned rollers ournaled to the frame, an arm pivoted to the support, an arm pivoted to the stud, a second open frame'disposed between and pivoted to the arms and two guide rollers disposed in the second open frame, one over the other and journaled to the second open frame on horizontal axes.

In testimony whereof I' have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HARRY HOLMES,

l/Vitnesses:

LESLIE F THOMPSON, JOHN SHIELs.

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